“Maybe I’m missing something here .. I read this thread from top to bottom and I have only one question.. Why?”
Microsoft’s motto: Change for the sake of change with total disregard for actual improvement.
See http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2983661/posts?page=19#19.
I should have it clear (despite my rush) that i was not recommending this for W/7 users at all, but that in my situation, and with support for XP ending in April 2014, then perhaps for some other users, the chance to upgrade to the latest Windows OS for about 42.00 makes sense, if they know it will run well on older PCs (unlike Vista).